The Sign of Jonah— Thee Days and Three Nights Matt. 16:1-4.

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The Sign of Jonah— Thee Days and Three Nights Matt. 16:1-4

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The Sign of Jonah—Thee Days and Three Nights

Matt. 16:1-4

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1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, "When it is evening you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red'; 3 and in the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah." And He left them and departed.

Matt. 16:1-4

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The Background of This Lesson

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The Background of This Lesson• The definition of Pharisees & Sadducees

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The Background of This Lesson• The definition of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The motivation of Pharisees & Sadducees

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The Background of This Lesson• The definition of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The motivation of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The character of Pharisees & Sadducees

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The Background of This Lesson• The definition of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The motivation of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The character of Pharisees & Sadducees

• Signs from heaven

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The Background of This Lesson• The definition of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The motivation of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The character of Pharisees & Sadducees

• Signs from heaven• The manna in the wilderness – Exo. 16:14

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The Background of This Lesson• The definition of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The motivation of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The character of Pharisees & Sadducees

• Signs from heaven• The manna in the wilderness – Exo. 16:14

• Samuel’s thunder & rain -- 1 Sam. 12:16-18

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The Background of This Lesson• The definition of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The motivation of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The character of Pharisees & Sadducees

• Signs from heaven• The manna in the wilderness – Exo. 16:14

• Samuel’s thunder & rain -- 1 Sam. 12:16-18

• Isaiah “shortened” day – Isa. 38:7-8

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The Background of This Lesson• The definition of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The motivation of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The character of Pharisees & Sadducees

• Signs from heaven

• Wicked/Adulterous generation seek signs

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The Background of This Lesson• The definition of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The motivation of Pharisees & Sadducees

• The character of Pharisees & Sadducees

• Signs from heaven

• Wicked/Adulterous generation seek signs

• The ultimate sign— “the sign of Jonah”

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The Story of Jonah• Chapter one—Jonah runs _________God

• Chapter two—Jonah runs _________ God

• Chapter three—Jonah runs ________God

• Chapter four—Jonah runs _________God

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The Story of Jonah• Chapter one—Jonah runs fromGod

• Chapter two—Jonah runs _________ God

• Chapter three—Jonah runs ________God

• Chapter four—Jonah runs _________God

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The Story of Jonah• Chapter one—Jonah runs fromGod

• Chapter two—Jonah runs to God

• Chapter three—Jonah runs ________God

• Chapter four—Jonah runs _________God

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The Story of Jonah• Chapter one—Jonah runs fromGod

• Chapter two—Jonah runs to God

• Chapter three—Jonah runs ________God

• Chapter four—Jonah runs _________God

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The Story of Jonah• Chapter one—Jonah runs fromGod

• Chapter two—Jonah runs to God

• Chapter three—Jonah runs withGod

• Chapter four—Jonah runs _________God

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The Story of Jonah• Chapter one—Jonah runs fromGod

• Chapter two—Jonah runs to God

• Chapter three—Jonah runs withGod

• Chapter four—Jonah runs _________God

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The Story of Jonah• Chapter one—Jonah runs fromGod

• Chapter two—Jonah runs to God

• Chapter three—Jonah runs withGod

• Chapter four—Jonah runs ahead of God

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The Three Days and Three Nights

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The Three Days and Three Nights• The sign is not a “72 hours” sign

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The Three Days and Three Nights• The sign is not a “72 hours” sign

• Language to describe time Jesus in tomb

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The Three Days and Three Nights• The sign is not a “72 hours” sign

• Language to describe time Jesus in tomb• Three days

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The Three Days and Three Nights• The sign is not a “72 hours” sign

• Language to describe time Jesus in tomb• Three days

John 2:19 Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

John 2:20 Then the Jews said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?“

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The Three Days and Three Nights• The sign is not a “72 hours” sign

• Language to describe time Jesus in tomb• Three days

• After three days

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The Three Days and Three Nights• The sign is not a “72 hours” sign

• Language to describe time Jesus in tomb• Three days

• After three days

Matt. 27:63 saying, "Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise.'

Mark 8:31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

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The Three Days and Three Nights• The sign is not a “72 hours” sign

• Language to describe time Jesus in tomb• Three days

• After three days

• On the third day

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The Three Days and Three Nights• The sign is not a “72 hours” sign

• Language to describe time Jesus in tomb• Three days

• After three days

• On the third day

•Matt. 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; 27:64•Mark 9:31; 10:34 •Luke 9:22; 13:32*; 18:33; 24:7; 24:21*; 24:46f God

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The Three Days and Three Nights• The sign is not a “72 hours” sign

• Language to describe time Jesus in tomb• Three days

• After three days

• On the third day

A contradiction??

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The Three Days and Three Nights• The sign is not a “72 hours” sign

• Language to describe time Jesus in tomb• Three days

• After three days

• On the third day

A contradiction??

In English—Yes!!

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Jewish Three Days and Three Nights• Rehoboam and the people

• 2 Chron. 10:4, 5 “after three days”

• 2 Chron. 10:12 “the third day”

A contradiction??

In Jewish Time—NO!!

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Jewish Three Days and Three Nights• Rehoboam and the people

• 2 Chron. 10:4, 5 “after three days”

• 2 Chron. 10:12 “the third day”

• Joseph and his friends in prison

• Gen. 42:17 “three days”

• Gen. 42:18 “the third day”

A contradiction??

In Jewish Time—NO!!

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Jewish Three Days and Three Nights• Rehoboam and the people

• 2 Chron. 10:4, 5 “after three days”

• 2 Chron. 10:12 “the third day”

• Joseph and his friends in prison

• Gen. 42:17 “three days”

• Gen. 42:18 “the third day”

• Esther and the Jews

• Esther 4:16 “three days, day and night”

• Esther 5:1 “On the third day”

A contradiction??

In Jewish Time—NO!!

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A Very Important Aspect of This

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A Very Important Aspect of This• The day of His resurrection!

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A Very Important Aspect of This• The day of His resurrection!

• The greatest sign was the presence of Jesus

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A Very Important Aspect of This• The day of His resurrection!

• The greatest sign was the presence of Jesus

• Matt. 12:40-41 Jonah was a sign to Nineveh, Jesus was the sign to Jews!

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A Very Important Aspect of This• The day of His resurrection!

• The greatest sign was the presence of Jesus

• Matt. 12:40-41 Jonah was a sign to Nineveh, Jesus was the sign to Jews!

40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.

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One Greater than Jonah Says

• Believe in Him John 3:16

• Repent—decide to obey Acts 17:30

• Confess Christ Rom. 10:9

• Baptized to be saved Acts 22:16

Added to His Kingdom, His church

• Be faithful until death Rev. 2:10